Foundation in Study Skills for Higher Education

Foundation in study
skills for higher
education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................7
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Development and improvement in the study skills is the long and gradual process. If the
learner is new to the higher education or have just studied for less time, they may feel worried
for the assignments tackling, exam giving, manage study, work and family commitments. By
reviewing and developing the skills of the study boosts the confidence and aids the learners in
succeeding in their lives, also enables for working in an effective manner in available time for
the study. Skills of study are skills which are required for studying and in efficient learning, they
are the transferable skills of life. Good skills of study enhance the competence, confidence and
self-esteem (Ahmed and Zaneldin, 2019). They even reduce the anxiety for the deadlines and
test. By the developing of the efficient skills of study individuals are able in cutting down the
hour’s numbers for studying and leaving extra time for other aspects of life. This report will state
the suggestions for boosting the CV if an individual doesn’t have any experience. Further the
skills which the students develop in the university and discussion why they are crucial in place of
work will also be mentioned.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Corona pandemic has made everyone to think about the skills they have for moving ahead in
their career as each one was forced to stay at home and earn their livelihood (Burciul and Kerr,
2018). Students who have just passed from the universities, they have to rethink about the
education which they have to rethink as they were locked in their houses and everyone was
thinking about their future and career. For succeeding in their career they opted the way of
upgrading the skills while sitting in their homes. They showing in their CVs and get some
learning university passed students chose the virtual internships and remote working which were
the best option at that point of time. Virtual internships are the short tenure jobs which are
sometimes paid and sometimes not. Many of the universities and employers run various schemes
for the students to give them exposure. There is high competition in it but the students got to
learn on the real life projects which will further help them in future (Cadenas and et, al., 2021).
While sitting at homes students were highly active on social media and hence they connected
with the peers and chatted on online forums about their careers. They exchanged the learning and
earning opportunities with each other which also helped them al lot (Hernández and Villodas,

2019). By following the firms on their social media handles they got to know about their recent
activities and they even got connected with the old alumni. The marketing students even made
their own experience by offering help to the local businesses in their promotions. They learned
about the market of the job and they were able to tell the employees about the experience. Passed
students of universities focused on voluntary work irrespective of small or insignificant as they
have the huge opportunity over the long term (Gordon, Willink and Hunter, 2022). Societies of
universities are also very valuable, many students joined these societies as they helped them for
leading to professional skill. Some of them were related to fundraising and volunteering also.
For solving the issues of the society the students even organized the community events and run
workshops in the schools. It helped them for showing the soft skills such as creativity,
communication and persuasion, which they can furthers frame in their CVs (Garris and Fleck,
2022).
I am quite happy with my CV as during the lockdown I took many online courses while
sitting at home which I was able to reflect in my CV, which aided me in getting many job
opportunities. While I was stuck in my house due to lockdown I joined the virtual internship of a
reputed university for which I got paid also. I included this in my CV and when the employers go
through my CV they got impressed and took my CV for consideration. My CV has also included
the various activities of my university club which I joined during the lockdown for enhancing my
learning. I joined the foreign language society which promotes the learning of foreign languages
and I also learnt the French language as I always wanted to settle in France and by learning their
language I will be greatly benefitted. The learning of foreign language added the extra points to
my CV as many firms were I gave interview were multi-national companies and they preferred
hiring the candidates having knowledge of multiple languages. I also utilized my lockdown time
for helping local businesses in their promotion online digital platforms as they did not have any
knowledge about the social media platforms for marketing the goods and services in which they
trade, aiding them in earning livelihood. When I was interviewed by some big firms they were
quite impressed by my helping nature to small businesses and all this helped me to crack the
interview very easily. I also joined some of the social groups on social media for making
connections and networks with the other similar individuals who have same qualification and
were facing same difficulties as I faced. We all connected with each other and shared the various
opportunities with each other, which helped many of the group members in getting jobs in an